Posted by Ecstatica at 24.247.106.17.gha.mi.chartermi.net on February 26, 2004 at 14:12:41:
In Reply to: as much as i hate censorship..... posted by DRD #37 on February 26, 2004 at 14:04:20:
You put that very well, thank you. I guess I didn't consider Clear Channel's rights, which is pretty shallow if you think about it. I do think that the federal government (FCC) is the catalyst, but there's nothing that says all American institutions have to fight whenever they're squeezed.
What scares me is that I don't believe the will of the people is expressed any more. I don't blame the corporations, I blame our sedentary lifestyle that keeps getting more and more comfortable...thanks to the corporations and our support of all things convenient. I'm certainly just as or more guilty as anybody, and it does feel good...until I think about where the control is and who gives it to them. People like me.
Right now I just feel brainwashed and helpless; not because of Stern, but because I don't know what will disappear next. Or who will care.